Gülle
See also: gulle and Gulle
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *guljō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to gape, yawn”), whence Proto-Germanic *gīnaną. Cognate with German Gülle (“liquid manure”), Cimbrian gülla (“vomit”), also Middle Low German gōle (“swamp”), Swedish göl (“puddle”), dialectal Norwegian gyl (“cleft”), and Finnish kulju (“quagmire”) (which was borrowed from North Germanic).
Noun
Gülle f (Uri)
- shallow pond
- puddle, especially of slurry (liquid manure)
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 19.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʏlə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʏlə
Noun
Gülle f (genitive Gülle, no plural)
- liquid manure
Declension
Declension of Gülle [sg-only, feminine]
singular | |||
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indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Gülle |
genitive | einer | der | Gülle |
dative | einer | der | Gülle |
accusative | eine | die | Gülle |
Further reading
- “Gülle” in Duden online